Visa renewals for foreign workers are to be reviewed and scrutinized like first-time applications, according to new federal guidance, in a move that one expert said could induce U.S. companies to hire Americans.

While the Supreme Court ultimately overturned H.B. 2's restrictions, those clinics that closed have been slow to reopen, which continues to pose dangers to women, who may resort to inducing their own abortions.

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Inducing is usually gentle persuasion; you may, for instance, induce a friend to go to a concert, or induce a child to stop crying. An inducement is something that might lure you to do something, though inducements are occasionally a bit menacing, like the Godfather's offer that you can't refuse. Induce also sometimes means "produce;" thus, doctors must at times induce labor in a pregnant woman. Notice that induct and induction are somewhat different from induce and inducement, though they come from the identical roots.

Origin and Etymology of induce

Middle English, from Anglo-French inducer, from Latin inducere, from in- + ducere to lead — more at 1tow

INDUCE Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of induce for English Language Learners

medical: to give (a pregnant woman) special medicine in order to make her give birth : to cause (labor or birth) to begin by giving special drugs to a pregnant woman

INDUCE Defined for Kids

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verb
in·duce \in-ˈdüs,-ˈdyüs\

Definition of induce for Students

induced; inducing

1: to cause to do something

Her pleas induced us to give.

2: to bring about

Warm milk induces sleepiness.

3: to produce (as an electric current) by induction

Word Root of induce

The Latin word ducere, meaning “to lead,” and its form ductus give us the roots duc and duct. Words from the Latin ducere have something to do with leading. A duct is a tube that leads from one place or organ to another. To educate, or teach, is to lead to knowledge. To induce is to lead into a particular state.